Hedge shear



Sept. 25, 1951 R E, HERR a 2,569,001

HEDGE SHEAR Filed OCT.. 29, 1947 INVENTOR.

@Ar/70rd .5. Herv? Patented Sept. 25, 1951 UN l-'llEZDA STATES OFFICE;

HEDGE RichardE. Herr, Alliance, Ohio,` assigner to The Lewis Engineering and7 ManufacturingA Cme. pany,vAlliance, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application. October 29, 1947; Seriali-No. 782,842'1 y Claims.

This invention. relates toa shear; and more,l particularly to a shear having oppositely dis posed,` scalloped. cutting blades particularly adapted for use as a. hedge shear.

The principaly objectqof the; invention is the provision of a hedge shear having a pair of pivoted blades, the meeting edges of.V which are scalloped and the; scallopsformed so that a true shearing cutis obtained.,

Aptfurther. object. ofthe@ invention is the pro.- vision of a method of.forr nmingy a plurality of scallops in theopposedfcuttingI edges ofI shear blades so 'as to enable a true `shearingaction to be obtained between the:y said, shear bladesI despite. the presence of the scallops therein.

A still further object'of the-invention is the-provision of a hedge shearl` which will hold the work piece being cut thereinin addition to cutting the same.

A son further object of` the invention. is the provision of a hedgey shear adapted. for heavy,-

duty shearing action.

A still further objectgof the invention is the.

provision of, a hedge shear whichl is efcient in operation, possessedof a long and useful life and of inexpensive formation.

The. hedge shear shown and described herein comprisesaheavy duty` shear particularly adaptedfor trimming hedges andshrubbery rand have ing. the opposed cutting edges of theY blades of the shears formed with a plurality of oppositelyy disposed scallops so:Y positioned inthe edges of the shear blades that despite their presence a continuous true shearing; cutis-obtained between the blades without the necessity of iiightsor risers on the points of the blade between. the scallops.

as has heretofore been thought necessary in the formation of scalloped edgeshear blades.

With the foregoing and.. other objects inviewv which will appear. as. the. description proceeds, ythe invention residesin .thecombination and arranger ment of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understoodthat changes inthe-precise embodiment 2. Figure: 4;. is; an.; enlarged detail: of a portieri 0f. theqhedeef shear: blad showing thev manner. of determining. thealocation. ot: the. .scallopsv therein.

By referring to the drawingseiand Figures 1 ,..2- andf:inrartieularrit. will be. Seen theta hedeer shearhas. been disclosed which comprises afpeirv of blades IIIL and.. II riveted. to. one: anothery by, means.` of; a bolt.; I 2; each: of. thefblades- I Ila-.end I=I\ 1ying.;in oppositely. dispoeednositenf to one en.-

other and having outwardly curved shankLputf-n tions I3.; and I 4, resneetivelr- The` our-vedY shank portions,A I3 and I4 terminate in handle sections l 5;.and. l 6 A respectively,I each` ofiVV which'i in. turn is. provided-with anoverlyine;.moldedhandle I l and.. I8,.respective1r. The.. Vwrved-L shank; portions-y I3r and. I4 of: the-.h1ades;..|0.and-l II. respectively, areprovided with f oppositely4 disposed. faene,;. stub-1 like. proieetiens1v I -9 and. 20,.respeetively',y wheharev formed on thesametrenfsyerse planefso thattheyv will.. contact oneV another when thQeshQar,isi11-I closednoeition as, ,shown io.-.Fie i1res 2am. 3,.'thereeby :termination-members...

Each of the blades-ill and ll4 is provided with.,

opposite1yfdspose-d shearing edgesmhiehfsheaning edges are in turn scalloped. longitudinally thereof,` the scallops being. indicated. by the` nu-fmerals 2li and` k242-,;respectively-and the cusps ofthe scallops being indicated. by the, numerals., 23A

and24, respectively., It will vbe;obser-ved.-that the`A contour. of each of,theiopposinglscalloped edges; of the blades vIll and-ItA forms ane-arcr whereby. theA blades Illandfll arenarrower adjacent..theirfout.-, ermost end portions.- than. at, theirV base]portions'.

where thepivot I2; isA located.

By referring` to. Figure,A 4. of. the. drawings it.

will. be seenthat thepcsitions of each. of the scallops- 2| andi?, respectiveln: are. carefully plotted by the followings method. The.. baseof the; blade .'25;(assho.wn in. Figure 4) is straight and the scalloped cutting edge thereof isforined.

onan arc 26 sothatitis.convexwithrelation to thestraight.basefedge. 25,., A pvotbolt. hole A. is. thenestablished-y in, the, base. portion. of.v the blade.. The. length of, the scallops,.toibetformedf inthe arc 26,-is.thenzestablished as indicatedatthe minimum radius for true shear cut of the' completed blade. To allow for manufacturing tolerances a slightlyflatter scallop is preferably formed by establishing a larger radius such as shown at point M on the bisector line C and by the dotted radius line N. It will be obvious that the scallop thus formed on the pattern so established need not be a segment of a circle as shown, but may be of an ellipse or any other shape which does not lie below the tangent line G at any point.

In forming the relatively shallower scallop between the points B3 and B4 on the arc 26 of the blade (as shown in Figure 4) a tangent line H is drawn from the center point of the pivot bolt hole A to point B4, a bisector line Destablished midway between the points B3` and B4 and the right angle intersecting line F formed (with respect to the tangent line H) to intersect vthe bisector line D at point J thereon, thus establishing the point for the radius line L and thereby illustrating the formation of the shallower scallop between the points B3 and B4 as compared with the scallop formed between the points B and BI. Y

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that by forming each of the scallops in the arc 26 of the blade so that no part thereof lies below (toward the straight base 25) the tangent lines (G or H, etc.) the resulting shear blade will be formed which, when Yused in pairs with the scallops in oppositely disposed relation as heretofore shown and described in connection with Figures 1, 2 and 3, will cut with a true shearing cut at all times. As the blades are in continuous 'shearing engagement at all times, no provision need be made for returning the blades to such engagement as has heretofore been necessary in the case of scalloped shear blades, the expedient heretofore commonly used comprising the formation of flights or risers on the bottom portions of the points of the blades to return the same to shearing engagement.

It will thus be seen that a simple and efficient hedge shear has been disclosed which possesses the unique advantage of having Work gripping scallops formed in the opposed cutting blades thereof, the scalloped formation being so formed that the hedge shear cuts'with a continuous shearing action which is a true shearing action as they are always in sliding shearing relation to one another despite the presence of the scallops in the cutting edges thereof.

Having thus described `my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a shear having blades pivoted to one another and cutting edges formed on the opposed edges of the said blades, a plurality of scallops formed in the said cutting edges, each scallop lying wholly in the area between an imaginary line joining the cusps of the scallop and a 4 tangent line drawn from the outermost cusp of the scallop to the center of the pivot point of the blades.

2. In a shear having blades pivoted to one another and cutting edges formed on the opposed edges of the said blades, a plurality of scallops formed in end to end relation in the said cutting edges, each scallop lying wholly in the area between the imaginary line joining the cusps of the scallop and a tangent line drawn from the outermost cusp of the scallop to the center of the pivot point of the blades.

3. In a shear having blades pivoted to one another and cutting edges formed in the opposed edges of the said arcuate blades, a plurality of scallops formed in the said cutting edges, the cusps of the scallops lying on an arc each scallop .lying wholly in the area between an imaginary line joining the cusps of .the scallop and a tangent line drawn from the outermost cusp of the scallop to the center of the pivot point of the blades.

4. In a shear having blades pivoted to one another and longitudinally arcuate shaped cutting shaped cutting edges lying in opposed relation to one another, a plurality of scallops formed in end to end relation in the arcuate shaped cutting edges of each of the said blades, each of the plurality of scallops lying wholly in'the area between an imaginary arcuate line joining the cusps of the scallops and a tangent line drawn from the outermost cusp of each scallop to the center of the pivot point of the blades.

j 5. The method of forming a shear blade for use in pivoted opposed pairs wherein a continuous shearing cut is obtained comprising blanking of the cutting edge of the shear blade on an arc, establishing locations longitudinally of the :arc deiining-spacing for scallops to be formed in the blade, punching `a pivot opening in the blade, laying out a plurality of lines from the center of said pivot opening'to the said spacing locations, laying out bisector lines in each of the scalloped locations and laying out right anglef lines at y degrees from the -said rst mentioned lines to points of intersection on the said bisector lines and thereby determining the minimum radius of the said scallops to be formed and cutting the scallops on the said minimum radius lines. v l f- RICHARD E. HERR.

REFERENCES CITED The following referencesare of record in the le of this patent:

UNITEDl STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 399,869 Gascoigne Mar. 19, 1889 1,970,408 Weidauer Aug. 14, 1934 FoRErGN PATENTS Number Country Date 258,452 Great Britain Sept. 23, 1926 

